Category Archives: Teaching teenagers

Guest piece- Doing the YL Extension to the CELTA

Posted on 19/08/2010 by alexcase

Apparently many prospective TEFL teachers nowadays think that 4 weeks is too long to study to become a teacher. Luckily, there are also the dedicated few like Jo Gillespie who decide to make the whole CELTA thing longer while also properly learning … Continue reading →

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Keeping YLs on Task Part One

Posted on 20/04/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by new(ish) blogger Leahn Stanhope http://www.earlyefl.blogspot.com “Part of the battle of teaching YLs (young learners) is keeping them interested and on task. Here is the first part of a series of activities that I have tried and … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Discipline in the classroom, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, TEFL blogs | Tagged | 5 Comments

Language teaching, teenagers, evaluation and certification

Posted on 16/02/2010 by alexcase

A slightly late (my fault!) Valentine’s Day guest piece by Carmela Chateau on the always perplexing question of teaching teens: “Can teenagers be taught languages? That is the question. On Valentine’s Day, English teachers will recall that Shakespeare’s most famous … Continue reading →

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A short diversion in which we advert to ancient Chinese wisdom

Posted on 15/12/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by Sputnik of The TESLA Coil ” All teaching is based on deception While everything may seem hunky-dory to outsiders, those of us in the profession know that TESL is, in fact, beset by problems.  Chief among these … Continue reading →

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Some nice quotes from the last ELTJ

Posted on 16/08/2009 by alexcase

As promised, proof that I do pay some attention when reading TEFL magazines: A possible explanation for why Mr Bean and TEFL go so well together: “An adult learner has noted that what [textbook character] Arthur and learners in the … Continue reading →

Posted in CPD, ELT Journal, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, links, Mr Bean, TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, TEFL heroes- Jeremy Harmer, TEFL reviews | Tagged | 1 Comment

New TEFL articles etc June 2009

Posted on 29/06/2009 by alexcase

Here is this month’s supply, perfect for reading while your students do their end of term tests: 18 fun activities on the topic of amusement parks (a fab topic with kids and teenagers, tied in with feelings vocab, videos etc) … Continue reading →

Posted in Feelings vocabulary, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Skills, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL, TEFL games, TEFL heroes- David Crystal, TEFL heroes- Sandy McManus, TEFL heroes- Scott Thornbury, Vocabulary, Writing, Writing games | 1 Comment

Two ways of livening up textbook dialogues

Posted on 17/06/2009 by alexcase

I’m going to write about how to use these in more detail later, but thought I’d give the links first in case this saves someone’s day: http://www.xtranormal.com – students can make an animated “film” from the script just by typing … Continue reading →

Posted in ELT publishing, Functional language, links, Macmillan, Roleplays, Speaking, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL, TEFL games, Writing | 3 Comments

What to do with morphases.com

Posted on 05/06/2009 by alexcase

Morphases is a face photo manipulation programme that is easy to use and was the biggest hit of the month with my 8 to 11 year olds, with them fighting to speak English to tell me how to change the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Appearance vocabulary, Body parts vocabulary, Grammar, links, possessive s, Speaking, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL, TEFL games, TESOL, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | Tagged | Leave a comment

Letter from a reader- Resistance to games

Posted on 25/03/2009 by alexcase

Will ponder on this and try to get something down myself at the weekend, but was hoping others could also help to with advice, recommended books and links etc: “Hi there Alex. My name is H***** ************ and I have … Continue reading →

Posted in ALT, Teaching English in Korea, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, TEFL games | 5 Comments

The best end of term revision games

Posted on 10/12/2008 by alexcase

One way of finishing the term is with Xmas-themed stuff (see the post below). Another good one is lots of fun revision games. As I’ve spent a few years teaching students who want to do every page in the book … Continue reading →

Posted in Business English and ESP, Business English games, Collocations, ELT publishing, English for study abroad, Functional language, Grammar, links, Materials, Personalisation, Photocopiable worksheets, Revision games, Speaking, Speaking games, Taboo, Teaching teenagers, TEFL, TEFL games, Usingenglish, Vocabulary, Vocabulary games | 2 Comments